Potty Training - South Pittsburg, TN

the best advice i can offer is try not to stress! my daughter is very independant and does things on her own terms, but as soon as i had thought to let her be, she was potty trained! be patient, she will get it! (the dress idea is pretty good too!) have a wonderful day!

Hi S.. I would reccomend dressing the bathroom up in something fun for her, perhaps her favorite TV show. OR you could have her use a special kid soap after going or just a treat when she goes could be of help. Hope this helps. Good Luck!

M.

Greeting S. W.

Try this, purchase a cheap brand of training panties something w/ a pretty picture on it. Take the stuffing out of the inside, this way when baby girl goes to the bathroom she actually feels -wet. I know not the most sanitary way but it work.

Another thing is to try is take her to the store and tell her to pick out a pair of BIG GIRL PANTIES, let her put them on but tell her if she wets on her BGP she is going to have to wear diapers again.

Finally, try putting her on a time system, when she wakes up, every couple of hours, put her on a little potty chair, with some of her favorite toys next to it, after meals, and then cut off some of her liquids at night. Praise, Praise every time she make it!

Good Luck Girl - I am glad I am finish with that stage.

I am also a mother of 2, a girl who turned 3 in Feb and a girl who turned 2 last week. Anyhow, my 3 year old wanted to wear panties in September and she started peeing in the potty then, however, poop was another issue. She became a "stool holder" and the last six months were pure torture...what I learned is to stick to your word that "Panties are for children who know where pee pee and poo poo belong and PUT IT THERE"...reward charts worked for us. At 3, I am certain she KNOWS where pee pee and poo poo belong, it's more than likely a 'Power' issue..don't lose the struggle. In my opinion, I would not reward her with panties until she can repeatedly show you that she can put pee pee and poo poo where they belong. Tell her it's her 'job' and set the timer for 10 minutes 2x a day and atleast let her TRY to do it IN THE POTTY. The transfer of responsibility is key. Let her know that You, Daddy, Grandma, the big girls she knows all do it in the potty and it's her JOB to do it in the potty! Just my thoughts. Good luck!!!

I am potty training my three year old son too.He has a fear of public toilets,because of the woosh factor.It is going to take time,but be strong and keep at it.Be patient,it will drive you nuts!!Good luck.

As you have heard every child it different. But with my oldest, not 4 1/2, I started out with a sticker chart. Every time she sat on the potty for an amount of time she got to put a sticker on the chart, if she dribbled in the potty she got to put a sticker on the chart and so on. But she still wet her big girls. I felt lost. I let her pick out the big girls and all that. Then I read on-line that if you just stop taking them every 15 minutes or so and LET them wet in the big girls they learn faster. WOW! First time she had this look of "what just happened, get these off of me" then the second time she almost made it to the potty. Only took a day that way. The other way took two weeks. Maybe it was both ways that taught her. But the wetting the big girls you could see really hit home. She wanted to keep them dry. I don't know it this would help or not. But like the others... Don't stress. I know it's hard not to. Good Luck.

My grandson has just been potty trained at 3 years old. He LOVES Spongebob, so I bought him some big boy underwear with Spongebob on them and told him that Spongebob wouldn't like it if he went potty # 1 or #2 on him. He is fully trained now and doesn't potty in his big boy underwear. I hope this helps. If she is really into something like Dora, etc. maybe you can try this. Good Luck and be patient, it will happen. :)

Have you tried taking her to the store and telling her she can pick a toy ( of her choice) and within reason. Tell her she can only have the toy, when she goes potty in the toilet. If she does potty in her pants, you take the toy away, but put it up where she can still see it. Tell her if she goes potty in the toilet and not in her pants, she can have the toy back. Continue to do this until she keeps going potty in the toilet. It worked for my son when he was 2. He picked out a toy John Deere tractor that HE chose and whenever he pottied in his pants, the tractor was taken away. I set it up on top of the refrigerator, where he could see it. He asked for it several times, but I told him he couldn't have it back unless he did potty in the toilet and NOT in his pants. After 2 days, it worked.

Hi S.,
I took my daughter when she was a little over a year old to the bathroom with me every time I went and let her sit on the potty for a little while even if I was done. She loved wearing "big girl panties". I washed my hands and she washed her hands. Before long she started using the potty when I did. And then on her own.

My grandson is 3 and has been potty trained for a while. He wanted to wear the big boy underwear like his older brother. We took him to the bathroom and put him on the potty. But to be a big boy he wanted to use the toliet. My daughter got a small stool for him to stand on to pee and to get onto the toliet. We helped him at first and stood in the bathroom to make sure he could do it without falling and hurting himself. After watching him a few time, we let him go on his own.

Praise the child for going in the potty and maybe give them a special treat if they go so many times in a row.

Good luck

Does she just sit on the potty and never pee? If so, I had the same issue with my son. The way I finally got him to pee in the potty for the first time was to put the potty in the bathtub and run water while he played. He finally got the hint that "Hey, I'm suppose to pee in this contraption."

If she knows she is suppose to pee but refuses, there are a couple of suggestions. First is what my mom did with my sister. She loved wearing dresses so she was not allowed to wear a dress until she went in the potty. Second is a suggestion from a potty training program. When she pees in her panties, clean her up. Then her consequence is to do practice potty runs. My son had fun doing this at first but literally threw a fit after a couple. The program suggests that you repeat the procedure below 10 times. Potty runs consist of taking your daughter to various spots in the house (kitchen, living room, dining room, foyer, etc.) and then "practice" running to the potty. When you get to the potty, pull her panties down, sit her on the potty, then pull them back up. Again, she will love doing this at first and laugh but after a while it will not be fun.

Hope something here works. Good luck. I am still trying to figure out how to get my 3 yr. old son to have his BMs in the potty :)

Throw her panties away.or make her think you did.give her a clean pair to put on.and let her try again.when she sees the panties are going away she will stop.

My grandson is 3 and he refuses to wear anything but a diaper....he cries when he is put on the potty...the doctor said give him time he will go...he has a dry diaper when he wakes up...so he is getting close....you too will have her potty trained soon ...hope we both do before school....let me know if you get any good suggestions....

Three is old enough to understand "no potty, no panties". Big girls wear panties, big girls go potty. Keep it simple and be consistent.